GUINEA-BISSAU VS CHILE: TOP 10 CAUSES OF DEATH

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	CHILE		GUINEA-BISSAU		Deaths
Cause Of Death	Rnk	Deaths	Rnk	Deaths	Summary
Coronary Heart Disease	1	1,221	5	907	+ 314
Stroke	2	1,112	6	829	+ 283
Kidney Disease	3	464	15	268	+ 196
Lung Disease	4	464	20	191	+ 273
Alzheimers & Dementia	5	457	34	69	+ 388
Influenza and Pneumonia	6	448	2	1,390	- 942
Hypertension	7	436	21	177	+ 259
Stomach Cancer	8	415	36	55	+ 360
Lung Cancers	9	394	50	18	+ 376
Diabetes Mellitus	10	363	14	313	+ 49
Colon-Rectum Cancers	11	345	38	50	+ 296
Road Traffic Accidents	12	323	10	619	- 296
Liver Disease	13	302	11	405	- 102
Prostate Cancer	14	278	42	41	+ 238
Suicide	15	194	26	134	+ 60
Breast Cancer	16	193	29	93	+ 100
Pancreas Cancer	17	179	54	14	+ 165
Lymphomas	18	159	45	28	+ 132
Liver Cancer	19	156	28	116	+ 40
Other Neoplasms	20	155	65	2	+ 153
Other Injuries	21	150	17	234	- 85
Endocrine Disorders	22	147	18	221	- 74
Falls	23	103	33	71	+ 32
Leukemia	24	100	61	6	+ 94
Congenital Anomalies	25	98	12	373	- 275
Parkinson's Disease	26	90	46	27	+ 63
Cervical Cancer	27	89	23	154	- 65
Skin Disease	28	87	53	16	+ 71
Violence	29	85	22	173	- 88
Oesophagus Cancer	30	82	49	19	+ 64
Inflammatory/Heart	31	81	37	53	+ 29
Bladder Cancer	32	73	51	17	+ 56
HIV/AIDS	33	62	1	1,445	- 1,384
Skin Cancers	34	60	52	17	+ 43
Ovary Cancer	35	59	48	19	+ 40
Low Birth Weight	36	50	8	705	- 655
Malnutrition	37	48	27	121	- 73
Tuberculosis	38	47	3	1,387	- 1,340
Diarrhoeal diseases	39	38	4	913	- 875
Oral Cancer	40	35	56	13	+ 22
Fires	41	34	35	64	- 30
Asthma	42	34	24	150	- 116
Epilepsy	43	34	39	48	- 15
Drownings	44	32	30	89	- 57
Uterin Cancer	45	31	59	8	+ 23
Peptic Ulcer Disease	46	26	32	77	- 52
Alcohol	47	24	57	12	+ 11
Rheumatoid Arthritis	48	21	67	2	+ 20
Anemia	49	21	86	0	+ 21
Drug Use	50	17	55	13	+ 4
Osteoarthritis	51	15	80	0	+ 15
Rheumatic Heart Disease	52	12	43	33	- 21
Meningitis	53	11	16	258	- 247
Birth Trauma	54	10	7	790	- 780
Chagas disease	55	9	77	0	+ 9
Prostatic Hypertrophy	56	8	81	0	+ 8
Poisonings	57	8	41	45	- 37
Schizophrenia	58	4	84	0	+ 4
Appendicitis	59	4	60	7	- 3
Hepatitis B	60	3	47	20	- 17
Hepatitis C	61	3	63	3	+ 0
Multiple Sclerosis	62	3	64	2	+ 1
Maternal Conditions	63	3	13	333	- 330
War	64	2	70	0	+ 1
Oral conditions	65	1	82	0	+ 1
Syphilis	66	1	31	85	- 84
Upper Respiratory	67	0	66	2	- 2
Pertussis	68	0	19	212	- 212
Tetanus	69	0	40	48	- 48
Encephalitis	70	0	58	10	- 10
Otitis Media	71	0	71	0	+ 0
Ascariasis	72	0	62	4	- 4
Dengue	73	0	72	0	- 0
Diphtheria	74	0	68	1	- 1
Measles	75	0	25	147	- 147
Leprosy	76	0	75	0	- 0
Iodine Deficiency	77	0	76	0	- 0
Trichuriasis	78	0	73	0	- 0
Hookworm Disease	79	0	74	0	- 0
Chlamydia	80	0	69	0	- 0
Leishmaniasis	81	0	79	0	- 0
Malaria	82	0	9	684	- 684
Trypanosomiasis	83	0	78	0	- 0
Schistosomiasis	84	0	44	30	- 30
Vitamin A Deficiency	85	0	85	0	- 0
Depression	86	0	83	0	- 0
TOTAL DEATHS

Note: Population is Equalized to GUINEA-BISSAU

Chile

Guinea-Bissau

THE INTELLECTUAL EXERCISE

The point of this intellectual exercise is to measure what would happen if two countries shared the same leading causes of death. To make these comparisons possible we equalized the population and used total deaths for each country's top 10 causes to simulate an "Exchange." Use the chart on the left to sort by the country name and use the summary plus and minus column to measure the differences in total deaths.

Life Expectancy statistics are calculated the same way everywhere in the world, but what we die from can be very different depending upon where we live. Despite these differences, with rare exception, the top 10 causes of death for any given country will represent between 70-80% of their total deaths. This is an intellectual exercise only, not a comparison of which country is healthier or to challenge existing life expectancy rankings. If you prefer to see total deaths for over 80 causes and choose your own countries to compare go here: https://www.globallifeexpectancy.com/world-rankings-total-deaths

ABOUT OUR DATA

All meaningful comparisons between countries should be made using the same data source and year. The most reliable source for International comparisons is the World Health Organization because it is standardized for cross cultural comparisons. It is also reviewed annually, which often makes it more current than individual country data that can take years to compile. The WHO data includes individual country "projections," that are calculated based upon an annual consultation with each country before it is published. There are differences however, such as WHO data separates different forms of heart disease and cancer and combines Alzheimer's with Dementia. In this top 10 comparison WHO data for both countries was used.